| Date: | Sunday 1 December 1974 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-8 |
| Owner/operator: | Swissair |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Karachi International Airport (KHI) -
 Pakistan
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Bombay-Santacruz Airport (BOM/VABB) |
| Karachi International Airport (KHI/OPKC) |
Swissair flight 319 from Bangkok to Genève, via Colombo, Bombay and Karachi was hijacked on the leg to Karachi.
He demanded to be taken to the Middle East but was overpowered after landing at Karachi.
Sources:
Nouvelliste, 2 Dec. 1974
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